Vehicle-tongue.



PATBNTED JUNE so; 190s. H. H. DREYBR.

VEHICLE TONGUE.

APPLIOLTIoN 1'1LBDJAN.'311903.

Patented lune 30, 193.

PATENT OEEICE.

HARRY H. DREYER, OF MEDORA, NORTH DAKOTA.

VEHICLE-TONGUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,622, dated June 30, 1903.

Application filed January 3l', 1903. Serial No. 141,294. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HARRY H. DREYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Medora, in the county of Billings and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tongues, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle-tongues; and its object is to provide novel means of simple and inexpensive construction whereby a neck-yoke may be securely, but detachably, secured to the end of the tongue.

The invention consists in providing a yoke adjacent to the end of the tongue and within which is mounted a strap having a hooked outer end adapted to normally project into an aperture formed within said end yoke. The strap is held in such position within the casting by means of a locking device located within the tongue. The ring of the neckyoke is adapted to be securely held to the tongue by the hooked end of the strap before referred to.

The invention also consists inthe further novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation and showing in dotted lines the positions of the parts when it is desired to detach the ring of the neckyoke. Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a tongue having its lower surface out away at the end, as shown at 2, the inner end of said cut-away portion being protected by a cast or, if desired, a sheet metal yoke 3, having a lower inclined face 4, within which are formed two apertures 5 and 6, respectively. The lower aperture 5 is preferably arranged in alinement with the lower surface of the tongue 1 and is adapted to receive a metal strap 7, having a hook 8 formed at the outer end thereof, the end of said hook being normally seated within the aperture 6 in yoke 3. The rear end of strap 7 is enlarged, as shown at 9, and provided with an aperture 10 for the reception of a lockingpin 11, preferably tapered, as shown in Figs.

1 and 3, and arranged within an aperture 12, formed within tongue 1. This pin is adapted to be locked in position in the apertures 10 and 12 by means of a key 13 or any other suitable device.

When it is desired to secure the ring 14 of a neck-yoke to the tongue 1, the pinpll is withdrawn from its aperture 12 and strap 7 moved longitudinally within yoke 3, thereby removing the end of the hook 8 from its aperture 6 and to a point in front of the end of the tongue, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l. The ring is then placed upon the strap and the same moved back to its normal position and locked by inserting pin 11 in aperl ture 10. As the end of the hook 8 projects into aperture 6 it is obvious that the ring cannot be moved therefrom until the strap is again released. The yoke 3 may be secured to the tongue in any suitable manner, preferably by means of a bolt 15, extending transversely therethrough.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall Within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what Yis claimed as new isend of the strap and adapted to project into v the yoke, and means" for locking the hook in such position.

2. The combination with a vehicle-tongue; of a yoke secured thereto and having apertures therein, a strap slidably mounted withinone of the apertures, a hook at one end of said strap, the end of said hook being adapted to project into the other aperture, and means for locking the strap to the tongue.

3. The combination with a vehicle-tongue having one end cut away; Aof a yoke inclosing said end and having apertures therein, a strap extending through one of theapertures and adapted to move longitudinally therein, a hook integral with said strap, the end of said hook being adapted to extend into the other IOO aperture in the yoke, and nieans for locking tongue and engaging the strap, whereby the the hook in sueh position. end of the said hook may be locked Within the 4. The combination With a vehicle-tongue aperture. having one end cut away; of a yoke secured In testimony whereof: I afix my signature 5 to said end and having apertures therein, a in presence of two Witnesses.

strap Within one of said apertures and adapti -f ed to move longitudinally therein, a hook in- HARRY H' DREX ER' tegral with said strap, the end of said strap Witnesses: being adapted to be seated within one of the NV. J. GILBERT, 1o apertures in the yoke, and a pin Within the l THOMAS DYKE. 

